NEWS: Cambria Freeman; 9 Nov 1906; Ebensburg, Cambria Cnty., PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 9 Nov 1906 Volume 40, Number 45 **[Most of this paper is extremely faded] Items Local and Personal Eldon Evans of Pittsburg is home for a few days. Arthur Evans of Elizabeth came home to vote Tuesday. Mr. Cyrus W. Jones of this place visited Pittsburg Wednesday. William D. Jones of the East ward is afflicted with a felon on his finger. Charles E. Davison arrived here this week from Pittsburg to cast his vote. Mr. Ira W. Davis of Pittsburg was among the boys to come home for election. Mrs. T. M. Richards is home from visiting Mrs. John D. Roberts in Johnstown. Thomas D. Jones, a former well known old Ebensburger, has returned here from Ohio. John Troxell, a veteran soldier of East Reade township, was a visitor in town Wednesday. F. K. Flier and family departed Wednesday for their winter home in Washington D. C. George Criste returned Tuesday from an extended visit to his old home in Lycoming county. Mr. and Mrs. Olin P. Thomas have moved to Johnstown where they will make their home in the future. The Rev. R. I. Sigmund departed Tuesday for Clearfield where he is spending the week. Reardon Brown and sister, Miss Victoria, expect to go south soon for the winter in the interest of Reardon's health. Dr. Richards will very soon resume the practice of dentistry in this place. The many friends of the Doctor will be glad to hear this news. His many old friends were glad to see George Boney at the polls in the East ward Tuesday where he was able to be brought by his sons, Bert and Charlie. R. T. MacFarlane of Brooksville came here to vote this week, having resided in the West ward the past year. He is recovering from the attack of typhoid with which he was beset and reports that the four other members of his family who were ill with fever are getting along nicely. Leo A. Luttringer and family of Harrisburg were among the Ebensburg visitors this week and we were favored by a pleasant call from Mr. Luttringer. Leo was formerly an Ebensburg boy and his many friends here will be pleased to learn that he is recovering nicely from his recent illness, having undergone an operation in Harrisburg for appendicitis. Harry Rowland of New Cambria, Mo., who came here last week to attend the funeral of his father, the late Richard Rowland, will return west this week, accompanied by his brother, Leighton and sister, Sarah. Robert Ferguson and daughter, Bertha, will also go along as far as Chicago from which place they will go to Iowa and South Dakota to spend the winter. Late News of County G. B. Blowers, coal operator, has moved his family from Benscreek to Lilly where he will reside. It is said that Miss Buckwalter of Patton who had been dangerously ill of typhoid fever is now rapidly convalescing. While breaking kindling wood several days ago, C. J. Schoff of Cresson was struck in the eye by a piece of the kindling bounding up into his face. He was taken to the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, where the optic is now being treated. It is believed that his sight will not be impaired. Nick Kottovena, an Italian boy, aged about fourteen years of Lilly, was the other day accidentally struck in the eye by a piece of rock thrown by a boy at another person. The injury is bad and may cause the loss of the eye as the cut is deep and bruised. The boy is under the care of Dr. Kress. Dominic Stevens, an Italian resident of Patton, was the recipient a few days ago of a "Black Hand" letter which demanded that he place an $800 [words missing] Catholic church there if he wished to save his house from being set on fire. Stevens is guarding his house as carefully as possible as he does not know whether the letter is genuine or only a hoax. Horse Thieves Caught James Frew and Companion Try Lilly as Exchange and Are Arrested Lilly, Oct. 31 James Frew and an accomplice of McKeesport are being detained here charged with the theft of a team of horses which were stolen at Huntingdon and Yellow Springs. Three weeks ago the men hired a rig from Liveryman Howitt of Hollidaysburg and disappeared. Later the rig was recovered in this place but Frew had departed. It was the knowledge of this theft which caused his arrest last night. DEATHS Death Stops Coal Deal Well Known Man Had Optioned 11,000 Acres in Westmoreland The sudden death of A. A. Stutzman of Johnstown put for the present a quietus on several extensive coal deals that were scheduled to be consummated within the next few days, says the Greensburg REVIEW. Mr. Stutzman had optioned 11,000 acres of coal lands in Westmoreland County which option will not expire for several weeks. He had also optioned 5,000 acres in the Garrett field in Somerset County and had optioned 7,000 acres in Butler County as well as 2,000 acres in the Blacklick valley near Wehrum. The price to be paid for some of the coal was in the neighborhood of $425 per acre Hauser Sr. Suicides Word reaches us as we go to press that the father of Jacob Hauser, the man who was hanged by Sheriff Lenhart last March for the murder of his wife, was found hanging dead in the yard of his home this morning. He is believed to have hanged himself quietly during the night. Aged Woman Murdered Mrs. Katherine Stauffer, an aged lady who lived with her two small grandchildren near Lambertsville, Somerset county, was brutally murdered by robbers about 2 o'clock this morning. Death of Thomas Dipner Thomas Dipner of Fenelton, Butler County, Pa., died Thursday, Nov. 1 at 2 o'clock a. m. He was the father of Rev. J. F. Dipner, formerly of this place and Mrs. J. S. James of the East ward. Mr. and Mrs. James departed for Fenelton Friday to attend the funeral. Mr. Dipner was nearly 82 years of age and was the father of eleven children. His wife and nine children survive him. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Worthington, Pa., and his remains were interred in the family lot at that place on Saturday, Nov. 3d. James McMillan Murdered Was Former Johnstowner and Well Known in Ebensburg Pittsburg, Nov. 2 The body of James A. McMillan, aged 63 years, was found today in a field close to the corner of Burchfield and Murray avenues in the East End District and but a short distance from his home at No. 39 Burchfield Avenue. That he had been robbed and murdered was evident as his head was crushed and his pockets rifled of everything they had contained. His gold watch, as well as several diamonds he wore, were also missing. The place where McMullan's body was found is one of the most lonely in the city. The houses are far apart and few, while the boulevard and avenues are almost deserted in the evening. It was learned that McMillan went to the country yesterday. His failure to return home last night caused no uneasiness as he was frequently overnight on these trips. It is the opinion of the police that he was held up by highwaymen and while he resisted they killed him. A large force of police and detectives are working on the case but so far they are without a clue. McMillan was a manufacturer's agent and said to be quite wealthy. James A. McMillan was born in Scotland, learned the trade of plumber in his native land and went to Johnstown about thirty years ago. He was well known in Ebensburg. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 4 The men who murdered James A. McMillan, formerly of Johnstown, are now known to the detectives and their arrest is expected any hour. The officers are now trying to locate them. They have been positively identified. They followed McMillan from downtown last Thursday night, boarded the car with him and got off a short distance from where McMillan left the car. They afterward returned downtown. This important clue was obtained through street car men and has been run down to a conclusion. They are young men and are well known to the police who have their photographs and Bertillion measurements when they were previously arrested.